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Mickey Mantle flings his batting helmet in disgust after a lousy at-bat, Yankee Stadium, 1965. people

Twilight of an Idol: A Portrait of Mickey Mantle in Decline

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Satchel Paige and Bill Veeck: Legends Meet at Spring Training, 1952

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Willie Mays: Remembering the Legend’s Return to the Polo Grounds

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Meet the Real Women Who Inspired A League of Their Own

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A Baseball Photographer With a Wandering Eye

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Spring Training in Havana: Brooklyn Dodgers, 1942

Minnesota Twins batboys history

When Twins Batboys Had to be Twins

Negro kids all over the country mob Paige. He is placed alongside Joe Louis and Bill Robinson as a popular hero. Satchel free-lances, pitching each week for best bid. people

Satchel Paige When He Pitched for the Black Yankees

Tom Seaver, 1969. arts & entertainment

Amazin’: Remembering Tom Seaver and the Miracle Mets

Hank Aaron's 715th career home run, Atlanta, April 8, 1974. arts & entertainment

The Coolest Photo You’ll Ever See of Hank Aaron’s 715th Home Run

Sandy Amoros (with cap), Pee Wee Reese (on trunk), and Duke Snider (with beer) joke around after a game, May 13, 1955. arts & entertainment

Inside Baseball Clubhouses with Some of the Greats

University of Pittsburgh students cheer wildly from atop the Cathedral of Learning as they look down on Forbes Field, where the Pittsburgh Pirates are playing the Yankees in the 7th game of a Series that would enter baseball lore when Bill Mazeroski smacked a 9th-inning, game-winning home run. arts & entertainment

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